Genesis 46:1:5Gen.46.1.W5TAB
בְּאֵ֣רָה
beera
“to Beer”
- Transliteration
- be-ER-a
- Extended
- beh-EHR-ah
- IPA
- /bə.ˈʔeː.raː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Beer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
be-ER-a
- phraseyour reading level
be-ER-a SHA-va
- clause
va-yis-SA yis-ra-EL ve-khol-a-sher-LO va-ya-VO be-ER-a SHA-va
- sentence
va-yis-SA yis-ra-EL ve-khol-a-sher-LO va-ya-VO be-ER-a SHA-va va-yiz-BAKH ze-va-KHIM le-lo-HEI a-VIV yits-KHAK
Exegesis
The next wayyiqtol vayyavo {וַיָּבֹ֖א | way-yā-ḇōʾ} ‘and he came’ transitions to the location beerah shava {בְּאֵרָה שָּׁבַע | bə-ʾê-rā šā-ḇaʿ}, the ancestral well of Beersheba.
In context — Genesis 46:1
So Israel started out with everything that was his, and he came to Beersheba; there he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
About this coordinate
Genesis 46:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 46:1, so the Hebrew word בְּאֵ֣רָה (beera) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.46.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.1.W5.S1) and character.